Gozo Island: Burdigalian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Halitherium ? schinzi
(Kaup 1838)
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= Metaxytherium sp.
de Christol 1840
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Heal 1973 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus gaudensis n. sp.
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Kotsakis et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| NMNH-T11228 (type) | ||||||||||
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Melitosaurus champsoides n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1850
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Lydekker 1886 | |||||||||
| NHMUK PV OR41151 (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Malta |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 14.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 14.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Globigerina Limestone | Member: | Middle | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Globigerina Limestone Member; middle–upper Burdigalian (19–16 Ma) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular,phosphatic "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: carbonate bed containing phosphate nodules | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 118406 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-14 02:13:28 | Last modified: | 2021-01-08 04:27:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-14 02:13:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38149. | A. L. Adams. 1879. On remains of Mastodon and other Vertebrata of the Miocene beds of the Maltese islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 35:517-531 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 38145 | G. J. Heal. 1973. Contributions to the Study of Sirenian Evolution. 1-245 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 46758 | T. Kotsakis, M. Delfino, and P. Piras. 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodilians: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 210:67-87 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 46803 | R. Lydekker. 1886. On the Occurrence of the Crocodilian Genus Tomistoma in the Miocene of the Maltese Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 42:20-22 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 75100 | C. S. C. Nicholl, J. P. Rio, P. D. Mannion and M. Delfino. 2020. A re-examination of the anatomy and systematics of the tomistomine crocodylians from the Miocene of Italy and Malta. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(22):1853-1889 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |